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Nov. 21, 1950 F 1. TWlTTY COME AND BRUSH COMBINATION Filed March 20,1950 Patented Nov. 21, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MB AND BRUSHCOMBINATION Frank L. Twitty, Bronxville, 1v. Y.

Application March 20, 1950, Serial No. 150,598

Claims.

The invention herein disclosed relates to comb and brush combinationsand special objects of the invention are to so combine the comb andbrush forming elements that they may be readily separated and puttogether and be securely held when they are in the assembled relation.

Further special objects of the invention are to provide a simple,inexpensive form of construction consisting of but few parts and whichwill be of neat, compact design and free of objectionable projections.

Other desirable objects and the novel features through which thepurposes of the invention are attained are set forth or will appear inthe course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification shows byway of illustra tion a practical and at present, preferred embodiment ofthe invention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed asregards this illustration. all within the true intent and broad scope ofthe invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Figure l in the drawing is a side elevation of one of the new brush andcomb combinations.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a broken part sectional side eleva-* tion similar to Figure1 but showing the toggle lever lifted to release the brush elements atthe opposite sides of the comb.

Figure 4 is an end view of the structure.

Figure 5 is a broken sectional detail as on substantially the plane ofline 55 ofFigure 1.

The construction shown comprises a comb having straight back and handleportions '1, 8 and brushes 9 on spiral wire cores H3 at opposite sidesof the comb.

The brushes are held in this relation by having the core portions Illsupported at one end in fixed sockets ll offset from opposite sides atone end of the comb and at the opposite end in companion sockets l2carried by a toggle lever I3 pivoted at Id at the junction of the backand handle portions of the comb.

The fixed sockets H are shown as provided by angle brackets having baseportions l5 riveted at IE to the opposite sides of the back and havingindentations I! entered in depressions H! in the back to lock thesebrackets against turning on the comb.

The toggle lever is shown provided as a single piece of sheet materialfolded at the middle to form a handle and stop overlying the back of thecomb handle 8 and parallel side portions 20 straddling the handle andterminating in lateral offsets 2| carrying the sockets I2. The pivot 14for the toggle lever is shown as a tubular rivet extending through thestraddling side portions 20 of the lever and the intermediate handleportion of the comb and this pivot is so located that the lever willcarry the brush holding sockets I2 through dead center position inswinging from the fully closed relation shown in Figure 1 with the stopportion i9 engagingthe back of the handle to the open brush releasingposition shown in Figure 3, Where the forward edge 22 of the stopportion engages the back of the handle to limit the opening movement.The toggle leverthus has a limited travel in both directions, assuringin the Figure 1 posi-' tion that it will not turn further .in the righthanded direction to release the brush elements,

and that it will stand in the open Figure 3 posi-v tion to assist inlocating the ends of the brush cores in the fixed and movable sockets lI and I2 respectively.

Both the angle brackets for the fixed sockets and the toggle leveritself may be of springy.

sheet metal or material and the brush cores be of a length to apply endtension on these parts so that the toggle lever will be held in the pastdead center position, Figure 1 under a certain amount of spring tension.

Additionally, if desired, other spring detent means may be provided suchas the indentations 23 in the sides of the toggle lever positioned tosnap into recesses 24 in the sides of the comb handle.

While shown as separately applied angle brackets, it is contemplatedthat the fixed sockets ll may be made as integral portions of the combstructure or be otherwise provided on the comb.

The whole combination is of simple, rugged construction, consists of butfew parts and is free of objectionable protuberances that might catch inthe hair.

The brushes can be quickly and immediately removed by simply rocking thetoggle lever past dead center from the Figure 1 to the Figure 3 positionand it is equally easy to apply the brushes by engaging the ends of thecores in the opposed sockets H and I2 and then rocking the lever downinto the Figure 1 position. This enables the parts to be separated forcleaning or for substitution of diiierent kinds of brushes or for theuse of a single instead of two brushes and this construction, with theeasy separation of parts, enables brushes or comb to be used sepin linewith the sockets in the brackets when said lever is rocked into positionpast dead center, brushes having cores of a length to be held in opposedsockets of the brackets and lever when the lever is in said past deadcenter position and to be released from said sockets when the lever isrocked in the opposite direction and means for limiting movement of thelever to said past dead center position, said lever being of springsheet material doubledover the back portion of the comb and havingindented portions for yielddngly gripping the opposite sides of saidback pivoted on said back portion at a distance :[rom

said brackets and having sockets opposed to and in line with the socketsin the brackets'when said lever is rocked into position pas-tdeadcenter,brushes having cores of a length to be held in opposed sockets of thebrackets and lever when the lever is in said past dead center pos'ition:and to be released ffrom "said sockets when the lever is rocked in theopposite direction and means for limiting movement of the lever to saidpast dead center position, said lever being iforked to straddle the:back portionand said means for limiting movement :of the lever beingthat portion of thelever straddling the back of the comb.

2. The herein disclosed comb and brush combination comprising a combhaving back and teeth portions, brackets projecting from "oppositersidesof said back portion and having sockets offset from said opposite sides,a toggle clever pivoted on said back portion at a distance from saidbrackets and having sockets opposedtoand in line with the sockets in'the brackets when said iever'is-rocked into position past dead center,brushes having cores :of alength to be held in-zopposed sockets ofthebracketszand ieverwhen the :lever is in said ."past dead centerposition and to be releasedzfrom 'said sockets when "the iever is rockedin the opposite direction, means for limiting movement of the lever tosaid pastfidead center position, said-lever being forked tostraddle theback portion :and said means for limiting movement "of .the lever zbeingthat portion of the lever straddling the back of the comb and acompanion .detent shoulders on said lever'and comb back for releasablyretaining the lever in said past dead center position.

3. The hereindisclosedcomb and brush combination comprising a combhaving back and teeth portions, brackets projecting from opposite:sidesof said-back portion andhaving sockets offset from said oppositesides, a toggle i-ever pivoted onsaid back porti0n. a.t a distanceiromsaidbrackets and having sockets opposedto and Number Name Date 674,120Montgomery ,May 4, 1901 931,602 Hanaway Aug. 17, 19.09

1,296,186 Hines Mar. 4 ,-1919 12,207,427 .Behr V .July 9, 1940 2,226,318Nelson Dec. 24, 1940.

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4. A comb having a fixed supporting socket, a toggle lever pivoted onsaid comb at a distance from said fixed socket and having a socket to.align therewith when said lever is rocked to a past dead centerposition, a brush having a core of a length to be held in said socketswhen said lever is in said past dead center position and to be releasedtherefrom when the lever is rocked in the opposite direction, said leverbeing of sheet material folded to straddle over the back of the comb andto engage the back of the comb to limit movement of the lever to saidpast dead center osition.

-5. .A comb having a fixed supporting socket, a toggle lever pivoted onsaid comb at a distance from said fixed socket and having a socket toalignztherewith when said lever is rocked to a past dead centerposition, a brush having-a-core of a length to be held in said socketswhen said lever is in said past dead center position and to be releasedtherefrom when the lever "is rocked in the opposite direction, saidleverheing of sheet material 'folded to straddle over the 'back of thecomb and'to engage'theba'ck of thecorrib to limit'movement of the leverto said past dead center position and said straddling portionofthe leverhaving an edge at the end nearest-the pivot engageable with the back ofthe comb to :limit movement of the lever "in the opposite direction.

FRANK L.

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